Luis,

Thanks a lot!

I just realize that the xml file from TPP output is already run
through PeptideProphet with 0.05 cutoff.
I will try to rerun the xtandem along to see how it works.

Best,

Ping

On Apr 16, 11:52 am, Luis Mendoza <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Ping,
> Yes, please make sure you run xinteract with the -p0 (zero, not "O")
> option.  QualScore uses those to model the "bad" spectra.
> --Luis
>
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Ping <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Luis,
>
> > I finally got my PepXMLViewer working. I opened the file, and there is
> > no entries with exact zero
> > probability. But there are tons of entries with ~0.05 probability.
> > Does that matter? Or QualScore
> > only considers that zero probability as bad spectra?
>
> > The data is LTQ data, and first is searched under X!tandem. The result
> > I used is from TPP.
>
> > Thanks again!
>
> > Ping
>
> > On Apr 15, 3:42 pm, Luis Mendoza <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Hi Ping,
> > > By "the same results", do you mean that all of the program output is
> > > identical? (e.g. the number of spectra used, etc)  Or just that you also
> > get
> > > an unusable training set?  I would first make sure that you are setting
> > the
> > > -p0 option successfully by opening the PeptideProphet results in the
> > PepXML
> > > Viewer, and look for entries with zero probability; there should be many.
> > > You can also look at the following thread for some other hints:
> >http://groups.google.com/group/spctools-discuss/browse_thread/thread/.<http://groups.google.com/group/spctools-discuss/browse_thread/thread/>
> > ..
>
> > > Otherwise the software does suggest that it cannot find any "bad" spectra
> > to
> > > derive a training set.  What kind of instrument did you use to acquire
> > your
> > > data?  Did you do any pre-processing before searching?
> > > --Luis
>
> >  > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Ping <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Hi Luis,
>
> > > > Thanks a lot for your response.
>
> > > > I used the x!Tandem results, all.pep.xml  + original mzXML files as
> > > > input. But I got following error.
>
> > > > Features calculated for:  24780 (1171916 ms)
> > > > Training set:  12699/0 (good/bad)
> > > > Unassigned spectra:  2611
> > > > ERROR: Training set distribution unusable.
>
> > > > I searched the post in the group, and used -p0 option, but still I got
> > > > the same results. Does that mean my original mzXML has too little low
> > > > quality spectral data?
>
> > > > Thanks again,
>
> > > > Ping
>
> > > > On Apr 15, 11:44 am, Luis Mendoza <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > Hello Ping,
> > > > > Qualscore uses a pepXML file with *all* PeptideProphet probabilities
> > > > (i.e.
> > > > > P>=0.0).  As such, you will first need to search your data and run it
> > > > > through PeptideProphet before you can use QualScore.  You can find
> > more
> > > > > information about the algorithm in the publication listed in the
> > README
> > > > > file:
> > > >http://sashimi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/sashimi/trunk/qualscore/REA.
> > ..
>
> > > > > Best of luck, and thanks for trying out our software.
> > > > > --Luis
>
> > > >  > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Ping <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Hi All,
>
> > > > > > I just downloaded the qualscore from sashimi, and installed it on
> > my
> > > > > > Ubuntu machine. The command line should be:
>
> > > > > > java -jar qualscore_v1.0_2.jar someXML file
>
> > > > > > I am not sure what this XML suppose to be look like? Can anyone
> > send
> > > > > > me an example of it?
>
> > > > > > I am a newbie in this area. So please forgive me if the question is
> > > > > > too simple.
>
> > > > > > Thanks!
>
> > > > > > Ping
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